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Source Description
This page from Walters manuscript W.629 has an illuminated headpiece inscribed wa-Llah khayr hafiz. The main text is decorated with interlinear illumination with polychrome motifs. The vertical divider is illuminated with floral motifs on a blue ground. The headpiece and written surface are surrounded by a dark blue band with white crosses and an illuminated frame.
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Document identity
localId
81379
label
Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
81379
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
description
This page from Walters manuscript W.629 has an illuminated headpiece inscribed wa-Llah khayr hafiz. The main text is decorated with interlinear illumination with polychrome motifs. The vertical divider is illuminated with floral motifs on a blue ground. The headpiece and written surface are surrounded by a dark blue band with white crosses and an illuminated frame.
provenance
Mustafá Pasha Vali-i Iskandariyah, prior to 1231 [mode of acquisition unknown] [dated 1231, see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi, 1285 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi Vali-i Salanik, 1303 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
958 AH/AD 1552 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20.5
height
12
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 1/16 x W: 4 3/4 in. (20.5 x 12 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on buff and rose-tinted laid paper
creator_ids
15730
collection_ids
MSS
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MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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